I got some meat in my campylobacter

April 30, 2011 8:08 AM

The 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations That Most Hurt Public Health
posted by jjray (12 comments total)

See, and they missed "fat in McDonald's hamburgers"...
posted by tomswift at 8:21 AM on April 30, 2011

For anyone else that was wondering what 'complex foods' were, the following is from the original U of Florida report (pdf):

Salmonella and norovirus are both highly associated with “complex foods” (tied for 6th), a category created to capture outbreaks associated with non-meat dishes comprised of multiple ingredients, and for which a specific contaminated ingredient could not be identified. The nature of these outbreaks suggests an important role for contamination, cross-contamination, and other mistakes during handling, preparation, and cooking. The role of food workers has long been understood as a critical factor in outbreaks (greig et al. 2007).

posted by kuujjuarapik at 8:27 AM on April 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

This isn't a Cracked.Com top-10 list?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:31 AM on April 30, 2011 [2 favorites]

Looking at the pic in the article my first thought was, "That's some fresh ground beef." Then it was, "Ewwwww."
posted by Splunge at 8:31 AM on April 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Prevention seems fairly straightforward at least for Listeria and Toxoplasma: cook your meats and clean up after yourself. The exception is deli goodies. I don't think I want to steam my next bologna sandwich.
posted by francesca too at 8:54 AM on April 30, 2011

dammit, someone else made a cracked top-10-list joke. At least I can rest easy knowing that joke was real.
posted by serif at 11:17 AM on April 30, 2011

At least the Wall Street Journal has a better Alfred E. Neuman ripoff. Whoever came up with that Rupert Murdoch character is a master of satire.
posted by [expletive deleted] at 11:53 AM on April 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'm not even a little bit surprised to see Campylobacter from poultry at the top of this list. I grabbed a grilled chicken sandwich as a "healthy choice" from McDonald's a few years ago on a long drive and entered a world of hell for six weeks during which I lived on toast and Powerade, and rarely left my apartment for fear of being more than ten feet from a bathroom.

Don't. Eat. Shitty. Poultry.
posted by telegraph at 3:02 PM on April 30, 2011

It only took them 5 comments before they started talking trial lawyers and tort reform. Remember when WSJ wasn't a watering hole for wing-nuts? Oh how the mighty have fallen.
posted by ambulocetus at 3:19 PM on April 30, 2011

Glad I read this right after eating some unpasteurized raw milk cheese, but you know what? It was delicious. Where did I put that flashy thing...
posted by Ella Fynoe at 4:10 PM on April 30, 2011

Don't. Eat. Shitty. Poultry.

The last two times I've had fast food poultry I've ended up on the bathroom floor doubled over with insane cramps. So I tend to agree. No more fast food chicken here.
posted by Justinian at 5:35 PM on April 30, 2011

The last two times I've had fast food poultry I've ended up on the bathroom floor doubled over with insane cramps. So I tend to agree. No more fast food chicken here.

I also don't believe in getting back on a horse that I have fallen off of.
posted by andoatnp at 2:25 PM on May 1, 2011